When You Love A City And Have

Oscar Wilde Always Makes Me Smile - With Respect And Admiration. His Short Stories Prove That It Is Possible To Be Both Sarcastic, Even Cynical, But Deeply Compassionate. Just Seeing The Cover Of One Of Wildes Books In A Bookshop Makes Me Smile.

Of Course In Turkey I'm Seen As Being On The 'western' Side, Criticised By The Nationalists, Criticised By The Communitarians As Not Belonging. Even, Sometimes, Criticised For Looking At My Country Through Western Eyes. And In The Western Media I'm Portrayed As Belonging To The East.

The Urbanized Life Has Lead To The Destruction Of The Legends.

There Are Two Kind Of Men,' Said Ka, In A Didatic Voice. 'the First Kind Does Not Fall In Love Until He's Seen How The Girls Eats A Sandwich, How She Combs Her Hair, What Sort Of Nonsense She Cares About, Why She's Angry At Her Father, And What Sort Of Stories People Tell About Her. The Second Type Of Man -- And I Am In This Category -- Can Fall In Love With A Woman Only If He Knows Next To Nothing About Her.

My Religion Is Complicated. Literature Is My True Religion. After All, I Come From A Completely Non-religious Family.